10+ hour, 1+ min ago  (478+ words) The Arts Desk Harry Styles, Together, Together Tour, Wembley review - masterful, defiant fun The star's 12-night residency is off to an impressive start After his record-breaking and warmly remembered Love On Tour, Harry Styles is back with a fresh, slightly…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago  (729+ words) The Arts Desk Disclosure Day review - Spielberg's faltering reach for the stars Spielberg's new close encounter of the third kind asks for faith in humanity and extraterrestrial life which it struggles to earn, his old sense of wonder only fitfully…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (350+ words) The Arts Desk Olivia Rodrigo avoids turning 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' into soap opera Personal detail seasons universal themes as Rodrigo charts an unravelling love affair It's tempting to focus on the peripheral aspects…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (940+ words) The Arts Desk P'lleas et M'lisande, Aldeburgh Festival review - darkness audible Fine music-making illuminates Debussy's sinister blend of realism and romance Reader, I confess that I entered the dark space of P'lleas et M'lisande at Snape Maltings with a prior…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (693+ words) The Arts Desk Paul Weller, Lincoln Castle review - Brit rock icon breaks out old classics alongside more recent fare The Changingman of pop performs a long set that lives up to the nickname For many years Paul Weller had a…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (319+ words) John Coltrane, he's a major influence on this record. The instrumental on the A-side is an abstraction of the jazz musician named John Coltrane. That's C-o-l-t-r-a-n-e." The Byrds' David Crosby was spelling it out on 28 March 1966 at a New York…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (670+ words) Rambert is celebrating its first 100 years with a triple bill that emphasises the youthful vitality of the company. "We're 100, and we're just getting started," they enthusiastically declare. "The next century starts here." Like many of the best things in Britain,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (604+ words) Enola Gay" is perfect pop, the ultimate party-uplift banger. It's that rare song which only seems to grow better as the years, then decades pass. This is tricky to reconcile with the fact it's about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (450+ words) The Arts Desk 'Black Mozart - Batiste Piano Series Vol. 2' is less rondo, more turkey A brilliant musician disappoints I just don't get it. Jon Batiste, deservedly, has a huge career as pianist, composer, inspirer. The prospect of his forthcoming extended…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (805+ words) The finale of the Royal Ballet's 2025-26 programming is an extraordinary sight. At the curtain call for Salle de danse, a world premiere from Sol Le'n and Paul Lightfoot, there are so many dancers taking a bow that they have to…...